Black-and-Whites

Courtesy Gale Gand, “Butter Sugar Flour Eggs” by Gale Gand, Rick Tramonto, Julia Moskin, Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 1999

Show: Sweet DreamsEpisode: Kid Again

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

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Cook Time:
55 min
Level:
--
Yield:
12 large cookies

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 55 min
Total:: 1 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup whole, 2 percent fat, or 1 percent fat milk
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon pure lemon extract
1 1/4 cups cake flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Vanilla and chocolate icing, recipes follows

Vanilla Icing:

2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Chocolate Icing:

1/2 vanilla icing recipe
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with waxed or parchment paper. In a mixer, cream the butter. Add the granulated sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the eggs, milk, and extracts and mix to combine. In a large bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, and salt and mix well. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar-egg mixture and mix to blend. Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop the dough onto the prepared pans. With a spatula, press and spread each cookie into a circle about 5 inches in diameter and about 3/8-inch thickness. Bake for about 20 minutes, until golden. Let cool on wire racks.

Icing: In a medium bowl, stir the sugar, milk, and vanilla together until it forms a smooth icing. Transfer half of the icing to another bowl and stir in the cocoa powder and milk until smooth.

When cool, turn cookies over, so the flat side faces up. Spread white icing on half of each flat surface, then spread the other half with chocolate icing. Let set at room temperature for 30 minutes.

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Denise Arlington, TX 11-23-2008
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Absolutely Delicious - Memories of New York
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made these many times. My family loves these and they cringe when they see me make an extra bag to take to work. I... recommend this recipe to anyone who knows what a true Black and White cookie is. Some of the bad reviews I believe are because the cookies were made too thick. Then they do tend to be bit cakey. I plan to do these again for the holidays. Read more
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tawnia daytona beach , FL 10-19-2008
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Not to impressive...
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

When I made these cookies they turned out very cake like, bland and dry.The frosting tasted like powder sugar. It's not what... I remember eating as a kid, I thought they were more of a sugar cookie than a cake. In reading other recipes/reviews I found that others came out like cake as well. I did everything correctly, had to modify icing because it was to runny. My boyfriend is absolutely in love with black/white cookies and the look of disappointment on his face was horrible. All an' all not impressed. Read more
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Anonymous 02-20-2007
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Instructions not clear
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I am completely in love w/ Black and White cookies. Every time my husband and I go out to Too Jays I make him buy me some so... I was looking foward to learning how to make them at home. Unfortunately the receipe didn't go as planned. The cookie receipe was fairly easy but it's the icing I had a problem with. The receipe says to take half of the vanilla icing out and add the cocoa powder and the additonal milk. I did this but the icing came out way too thin. It looked like chocolate milk. I ended up just making the vanilla icing and adding the cocoa powder to it. I thought that true Black and White were made w/ dark chocolate, hense the "Black" part, but these cookies looked and tasted more like milk chocolate. I don't think I'll be making Black and Whites w/ this receipe ever again.Read more
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Anonymous 10-31-2006
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Great cookies!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was my first time making black and white cookies and I thought this recipe was fairly simple and they turned out great. ... I am going to experiment with the chocolate frosting...maybe use dark chocolate next time. No more buying them at Starbucks for me!Read more
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catherinie san diego, CA 05-02-2006
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ehh
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

They came out ok. The icing was lacking and they aren't what I remembered. They were a little bit dense and bland.
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Melissa Raleigh, NC 02-15-2006
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great gifts
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I gave these as in cookie baskets this Christmas, and everyone loved them. They were a lot easier to make than I had... anticipated.Read more